Video Podcast Transfer Error

ipod is giving a message that video podcasts cannot be transferred because they are not in the proper format. If we totally erase and then re-subscribe, the podcasts before 1/7 seem to transfer properly. Ones after that date give wrong format error. Get info on both gives the same type name of MPEG-4.
Any Ideas?
Steve

I assume this is one programme title. It sounds as though the Podcast's producers have changed the format of their Podcasts. Yes, they may still be MPEG-4 but if the bit rate has been increased beyond the capability of your iPod, that's why they don't transfer.
Check this page, http://support.apple.com/kb/SP26 which gives the video support information for the 5th gen (late 2006) iPod. It's a bit techy, (I have trouble following it all) but look at this, it refers to H.264 not MPEG-4, but hopefully you get the idea;
5th gen iPod early/late spec is *H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels,*
while the iPod Classic spec is *H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels.*
So the Podcast's producers could have created a version that plays on the iPod Classic but not on the 5th gen. If so, it's just one of those things that progress throws up.
One last thing (for the benefit of those who don't know), all Podcasts are produced independently of iTunes/Apple and the idea is that Podcasts are universal. So each Podcast programme may have been produced with non-iPod owners in mind. Yes, there really are such beings on the planet.
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